Nocticadia

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of illness, death, child death, sexual harassment, child abuse, suicidal ideation, mental illness, and sexual content.

On her way to class, Lilia receives a call from Bee’s school informing her that Conner never made the payments. Bee’s tuition is overdue. She texts Conner, who explains that he’s drowning in bills. Lilia intuits that a shady deal with Angelo fell through, leaving him unable to pay tuition. She begs him to pay by the end of the month, though he maintains that Bee doesn’t need the school.

In an alley between buildings, Lilia sees Gilchrist kissing Spencer. Spencer sits next to Lilia in class shortly after and invites her to lunch. Gilchrist observes them from her desk. Lilia gently declines and offers to meet him tomorrow instead.

Back in her dorm, Lilia calls Jayda and explains her financial turmoil. Jayda tells her about a website where she can anonymously perform sexual acts without showing her face on camera. Lilia is hesitant, but Jayda says that they pay quickly. She recommends that the act be in a public place to feed into the website’s voyeuristic slant.

After texting Jayda, Lilia sees a figure in a plague doctor outfit from her window.